NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:12
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale dem Inmarsat wins $980 million U.S. Navy contract for global communications services
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:57
Inmarsat Government won a 10-year contract valued at $980 million to provide broadband satellite and terrestrial communications services to the U.S. Navy.
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ExoTrail wins contract to demonstrate orbital transfer for French agencies
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:22
ExoTrail won a contract worth “several million euros” to perform an orbital logistics mission for French institutions.
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Op-ed | Preparing for NASA’s Satcom Future
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 13:24
With industry efforts now outpacing what government could ever do, we must look to leverage that investment for NASA’s and other customers’ purposes.
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Solestial closes $10 million round led by Airbus Ventures
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 13:00
Solestial, a Tempe, Arizona company focused on solar energy for space applications, closed a $10 million seed funding round led by Airbus Ventures.
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On National Security | Tough to-do list for new Space Force boss
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 13:00
The first chief of the U.S. Space Force, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, is preparing to hand over the reins of the newest military branch to his successor Gen. B. Chance Saltzman.
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Data suggests there are rippled structures at the boundary of the solar system
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 13:00Space companies face difficult investment environment
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:10
Rising interest rates are making it more difficult for space startups to raise money, some warn, forcing them to seek alternative sources of funding.
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Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered "mega-earthquake" that lasted weeks to months
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:39
Denver, Colo., USA: 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that it shook the planet for weeks to months after the collision. The amount of energy released in this "mega-earthquake" is estimated at 1023 joules, which is about 50,000 times more energ SIMBA Chain awarded SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Contract
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:39
SIMBA Chain announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a STTR Phase I in the amount of $250,000 to investigate how SIMBA's blockchain technology may enable In-space Service Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities being explored by the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and United States Space Force (USSF) through the Orbital Prime program. Orbit Trimble's new agriculture displays provide next-generation performance and connectivity for in-field operations
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:39
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) has introduced its next-generation displays for precision agriculture applications-the Trimble GFX-1060 and GFX-1260 displays. Trimble's portfolio of innovative displays enables farmers to complete in-field operations quickly and efficiently while also mapping and monitoring field information in real time with precision. With a range of functionality and price points, farm GMV joins UN Global Compact
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:39
As a declaration of its firm commitment to innovation-led, progress-seeking sustainable development, technology multinational GMV has joined the United Nations Global Compact, a worldwide initiative. With this step, GMV takes up and assumes the legacy of one of its subsidiaries, which joined the Global Compact in 2014.
The Global Compact is the world's leading corporate sustainability init Orbital Sidekick selected as partner for Intelligent Pipeline Integrity Program (iPIPE)
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:39
Orbital Sidekick (OSK), the first U.S. commercial company to deploy hyperspectral sensors in space, has been selected once again by the intelligent Pipeline Integrity Program (iPIPE) to serve as the company's technology partner. OSK will have an opportunity to advance its Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite constellation known as GHOSt, which is set to launch in 2023. The hyperspectral im China sends two satellites into space via offshore rocket launch
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 04:58
China successfully launched two test satellites from a launch platform in the Yellow Sea on Friday.
The CentiSpace-S5/S6 test satellites with LEO satellite navigation enhancement system were lifted off by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 09:10 pm (Beijing Time) and they have entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellites will be used to monitor the performance of the global Mengtian space lab fueled ahead of upcoming launch
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 04:58
Propellant injection work on the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, was conducted on Monday morning at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that the lab module has undergone ground tests at the center and will undergo checks of its functions along with